Gop Activist To Run For Fuhrman’s Seat

A Republican activist from Grand Coulee, Wash., hopes to replace retiring 7th District state Rep. Steve Fuhrman.

Penny Rosenberg, 48, said she will seek the Republican nomination this fall for the position Fuhrman will vacate a year from now.

Rosenberg hasn’t served in elected office, but was Lincoln County coordinator for Referendum 48, the privateproperty measure voters defeated last November. She also has served on a committee that advises U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Wash., on agricultural issues and on the Lake Roosevelt Water Quality Management Council.

Rosenberg and her husband, Ron, have been cattle and wheat producers for more than 30 years and have operated a janitorial and grounds maintenance business for 10 years. They have three adult children.

“Over-regulation” of businesses, illiteracy and increasing crime, including “out-of-control” growth in the illegal drug trade are among the concerns Rosenberg hopes to address.

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